Header attachment for binders.



J. M. BURKE.

HEADER ATTACHMENT Ton BTNDERS.

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HEADER ATTACHMENT FOR BINDERS.

APPLICATlON FILED IAN. I6,- 1918.

Patented July 2, 1918.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2, 1918.

Application filed-January 16, 1918. Serial No. 212,076.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN M. BURKE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Alma, in the county of Hill and State of Montana, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Header Attachments forBinders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,

and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in attachments tobinders and consists essentially in the provision of an elevatorapparatus for heading grain, and affording means for saving rgrain whichotherwise could not be bound by the employment of the ordinary binder.

The invention comprises further various details of construction,combinations and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fullydescribed, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specificallydefined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with thefigures of reference marked thereon, form a part o-E this specificationand in which:

Figure 1 is a rear elevation showing the application of my elevatorapparatus to a binder.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the elevator.

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the elevator.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged perspective View of :t yoke forming a part of theattachment, and

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view of one end of the elevator frame.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numeral: y

1 designates the frame of an ordinary binder having an elevator 2 andhaving sprocket wheels 3, 4, 5, 6, v7, and 8, Vabout which the endlesssprocket chain 9 passes and which forms means for driving the endlessconveyers of the elevator attachment.

The elevator consists of a frame having two side pieces 10 of similarconstruction.

fand which are parallel to each other, the

lower end of one of the kside pieces being shown in detailed perspectiveview in Fig.

at right angles is securely fastened to the crossbeam 16 of the binderframe and which yoke has securely fastened thereto the bearings 13. Ashaft 17 is journaled in said bearings and upon which the said sprocketwheel Y7 is keyed to lone end and a gear wheel 19 at its other end, eachoutside the yoke. and 20 designates a roller fixed upon the shaftintermediate the upright portions of the yoke and about which, anendless conveyer 21 travels, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Y

The conveyer frame has rollers 23 journaled therein `and over which theconveyei 21 travels, the adjacent ends of the endless conveyer being-connected together by straps 21X, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings,affording convenient means whereby the conveyers may be detached whendesired.l

The upper conveyer is designated by numeral 24 and passes about rollers25 and 2G which are also journaled in the walls of the conveyer frame. Agear wheel 25X is fixed to the pintle end of the roller 25 and is inmesh with the gear wheel 19 upon the shaft 17 and affords meanswherebythe two conveyers may be driven in opposite directions. Guide boards 27are mounted between the side walls of the conveyer frame and securelyheld in position by the bolts 28 which are passed through the elevatorframe.

Rollers 29 are mounted in suitable bearings upon the lower edge of the'elevator frame and form means for supporting the under portion of theelevator frame upon a wagon box', or other receptacle in which it isdesired to deposit the grain as it is raised by the conveyers. A rod 30shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 5 of the drawings is securely fastenedthrough the medium of the pin 31 to the upper end of the yoke and itslower end has a strap 32 fastened thereto and which is adapted to passabout a cross rod 34 and to which the hook 36 of a pulley block 37 iskeyed. A second pulley block 38 is fastened to the upper portion of theyoke and about which pulleys the rope 39 passes and which extends to alocation convenient to the operator upon the binder frame, and affordsmeans for raising and lowering the elevator frame to adapt the same tooperate in different positions.

In order to guide the grain raised by the elevator 2 upon the binder, aplate or platforni 40 is secured to the frame of the elevater ,2 andbridges the space intermediate the latter and the lower portion oftheelevator frame l0.

ln operation, the usual binding and tying` portions of the binder arelirst removed from the frame of the binder and the elevator frameattached in the manner shown in Fig. l of the drawings. rlhe sprocketchain 9, driven by gear connection .with the bull wheel, serves as meansfor driving the conveyers, causing the grain which has been headed to beelevated and dumped into a wagon or other receptacle provided for itsreception. e

Through the medium of the pulley and tackle means the elevator frame maybe raised and lowered to adapt the same to different heights ofreeeptaclesinto which the grain is to be deposited.

l/Vhen it is desired to remove the elevator apparatus, it may be easilyand quickly done by detaching the yoke and brace bar 30 and the usualbinder head and tying apparatus may be replaced upon the binder frame.

l/Vhat I claim to be new is:

ln combination with the frame of a binder having` a horizontal crosspiece, a yoke with angled ends fastened to said cross piece, bearino'blocks upon the upright portions of the yo ce, a shaft journaled in saidbearings, a roller fixed to the shaft intermediate the upright portionsof the yoke, and spaced apart a slight distance from the saine and saidbearings, a conveyer frame having opposite side pieces, the lower endsof which are provided with notches adapted to engage the shaftintermediate the ends of said rollers and said bearings, shaftsjournaled. in the conveyer frame near its upper end, andv a shaftjournaled in the conveyer frame near its lower end and above saidnotches, endless conveyers passing about one of said shafts near theupper end of the frame and about said roller, and detachable means forfastening the ends of the conveyer together', and a second conveyerpassing over the other rollers, one at the upper and one at the lowerend of the conveyer frame, geared mechanism for driving the conveyer,and means for raising and lowering` the conveyer frame.

ln testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JOHN M. BURKE. Witnesses:

A. L. HOUGH, FRANKLIN H. HoUGI-I.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner Aof Patents, Washington, D. C.

